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Is this a kind of persiflage?
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Jan Kobel

Benjamin Cain

Benjamin Cain

·Dec 22, 2020

I haven't heard of that strange word before, "persiflage."

But yes, this article is satirical.

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Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. I learned that as an artistic writer who did a doctorate in philosophy. We should try to see the dark comedy in all things.

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